Launched
Friday, July 13, 2012 at 08:57AM 
The word launch is a good one when publishing a book - it feels like you've sent it out in to the world, tied to the backend of a shooting rocket. Sure it's up in the sky (or out in the world), but there's a lot of world out there, and the writer just hopes like hell that someone notices it as it whizzes by.
This Wed. was my launch day. It started out pretty quiet, a bit anti-climactic even, but as the day went on and I received messages of congratulations, cheers and general huzzahs, it started to reverberate through me - hey, that book you worked all those years on can finally be read by anyone, anywhere. As a few sales trickled in, this hit home even more - damn, I love readers. Now, I don't mean I love them in a monetary way, because though I'd like to sell some copies and put some groceries on the table and beer in the fridge, it's really about something else. I have spent a long time with Roy, Lucy, Dave, Lawrence and Curtis - and I know them quite deeply. The idea that I can introduce these people and their stories to even one other person is damn exciting. From my head to your head in about 300 pages. Stephen King writes about this in On Writing - it is a kind of telepathy.
Now, I know what you're thinking (see I can read your mind, too), where might I find this book.
Well, presto:
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